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Rupi Kaur

March 2024

  • Rupi Kaur

    Whether voice of a generation or queen of cringe, Rupi Kaur was a gateway to the world of poetry

    Miski Omar
    If poetry is to be a necessity for life rather than a luxury, then it should be accessible – and the bestselling Instagram poet has allowed many to see their feelings reflected in textual form for the first time

November 2023

  • Rupi Kaur in Paris on 24 October.

    Rupi Kaur rejects White House’s Diwali invitation over its Israel-Gaza response

    Poet says she refuses invitation ‘from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population’

January 2019

  • Charly Cox.

    ‘Keats is dead...’: How young women are changing the rules of poetry

  • John Cooper Clarke reads a poem in a special recording of the Jo Whiley BBC Radio 2 show.

    Poetry sales soar as political millennials search for clarity

January 2018

  • Rebecca Nicholson

    Names in the news
    When is a poet not a poet? When they’re popular

    Rebecca Nicholson
    Rebecca Watts has sparked a literary spat we can all enjoy
  • Poet Hollie McNish.

    Curses and verses: the spoken-word row splitting the poetry world apart

    Don Paterson
    A takedown of young, accessible female poets is brave. But remember, Keats and Auden were first met with as much bewilderment as praise, writes poet Don Paterson
  • Rupi Kaur

    Poetry world split over polemic attacking 'amateur' work by 'young female poets'

    Writing in PN Review, Rebecca Watts has slammed the popularity of writers such as Rupi Kaur and Hollie McNish as ‘consumer-driven content’

November 2017

  • Red spatter on white background

    'We're having a menstrual liberation': how periods got woke

    Periods happen to half the population – so why are they still treated as something to hide? Meet the activists seeing red

October 2017

  • Rupi Kaur

    'Now it’s the coolest thing': rise of Rupi Kaur helps boost poetry sales

  • Rupi Kaur

    Books blog
    Rupi Kaur: the inevitable backlash against Instagram's favourite poet

August 2017

  • Tanya Byrne

    Reformation 2017
    'BAME writers must tell their own stories – and we have to be disruptive'

    In a series to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, author Tanya Byrne says true diversity in books for young people is shamefully overdue

May 2017

  • Rupi Kaur.

    The young ‘Instapoet’ Rupi Kaur: from social media star to bestselling writer

    Rupi Kaur’s first book, Milk and Honey, sold 1.4 million copieS

November 2016

  • Kate Tempest, Hera Lindsay Bird and Warsan Shir

    Verse goes viral: how young feminist writers are reclaiming poetry for the digital age

    Fusing writing, music, art and technology, a new generation is taking poetry beyond the bookstore

September 2016

  • Rupi Kaur

    Poet Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey sells more than half a million copies

    Instapoet’s originally self-published collection now into 16th printing after themes of violence, abuse and femininity gained her fans online

August 2016

  • Rupi Kaur

    Rupi Kaur: 'There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse and healing’

    The young Punjabi-Sikh poet made a career by forcing herself into places where she’s least expected – like Instagram and the New York Times bestseller list

March 2016

  • Laura Bates

    Laura Bates on everyday sexism
    A frank, educational, instructional website about female sexuality? OMGYes!

    Laura Bates
    The website, recently endorsed by Emma Watson, aims to “demystify” female pleasure via touch-screen tutorials, down-to-earth demonstrations and frank discussions of female sexual pleasure

February 2016

  • One of Atticus’ poems

    Instagram poets society: selfie age gives new life and following into poetry

    Skepticism is expected, but these social media astute authors are causing a phenomenon and tapping into internet’s appetite for minimal language

November 2015

  • Rupi Kaur

    How do I love thee? Let me Instagram it

    Mobbed at signings, followed by millions and topping the bestseller lists: Instapoets such as Lang Leav, Rupi Kaur and Tyler Knott Gregson are poetry’s new superstars, publishing their love poems and haiku on social media. But are they any good?

March 2015

  • Jessica Valenti

    Jessica Valenti column
    Social media is protecting men from periods, breast milk and body hair

    Jessica Valenti
    Instagram took down a photo by artist Rupi Kaur that showed a small amount of her menstrual blood. When will society accept women’s bodies?
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